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|image | |image = At Childhood’s End (novel).jpg | ||
|series | |series = ''[[BBC New Series Adventures]]'' | ||
|number | |number = 69 | ||
| | |doctor = Thirteenth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]], [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]], [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] | |||
| | |featuring = Ace | ||
| | |featuring2 = Chantelle (Survival) | ||
| | |featuring3 = Seventh Doctor | ||
| | |featuring4 = Brian Cox | ||
|enemy | |enemy = [[Halogi-Kari]], [[Ratt]]s | ||
|setting | |setting = [[London]], [[2020]]<br />[[Perivale]]<br />[[Peerie Canto]] | ||
|writer | |writer = Sophie Aldred, Mike Tucker, Steve Cole | ||
|read by | |read by = [[Sophie Aldred]] | ||
|publisher | |publisher = BBC Books | ||
|release date | |release date = 6 February 2020 | ||
|cover = [[Two Associates]] | |||
|format | |format = Print, Audiobook, 352 pages, 35 chapters | ||
|isbn | |isbn = ISBN 9781785944994 | ||
|prev | |prev = Combat Magicks (novel) | ||
|next | |next = The Ruby's Curse (novel) | ||
|trailer | |trailer = | ||
|clip | |clip = | ||
|bts | |bts = | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''At Childhood's End''''' was | '''''At Childhood's End''''' was the sixty-ninth novel and the sixth special release published by [[BBC Books]] in the [[BBC New Series Adventures]]. It was written by [[Sophie Aldred]], detailing a meeting between [[Ace|Ace McShane]] and the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | [[Justine (At Childhood's End)|Justine]], a homeless teenager in [[London]], is kidnapped by [[Ratt|hooded figures]]. | ||
[[Ace|Dorothy McShane]] wakes in a cold sweat from a recurring [[nightmare]] that she's had every day of the week so far. She tries to remember it, but can't. Frustrated, she gets out of bed and flicks through channels on her [[television]]. She sees [[Kim Fortune]] hosting his own show. He's interviewing a girl and her parents, describing how their daughter was almost kidnapped by aliens. The girl describes experiencing a nightmare eerily similar to her own, but what shakes Dorothy is that she lives in [[Perivale]], near where she lived when she was taken in a [[time storm]] to [[Iceworld]]. | |||
Dorothy drives to [[Chantelle's flat]] in her [[Hypergreen]], and tells her about what she discovered. Chantelle tells her that she wasn't the first to ask around, and that she has heard some strange noises at night, not to mention the large amount of rats that there suddenly is. [[Sanaul]] calls her and asks her to turn on the television, where every channel is showing footage of a [[Transit Station|UFO]] that has appeared around the [[moon]]. Calling [[Will Buckland]] on the way, she drives to her [[Dorothy's workshop|workshop]], picking up the [[Squidget]] before arriving at the [[Space Defence Station|British Space Defence Centre]] in [[Devesham]]. | |||
Will meets her at the Centre, and takes her to a hangar at the back which houses the ''[[Virgil (spacecraft)|Virgil]]''. She lets the Squidget take control of the machine, but it told by [[Sam O'Connor]], the Mission Controller, that she needs to take a full medical examination before she goes up into space with Will. | |||
''to be continued'' | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Yasmin Khan]] | * [[Yasmin Khan]] | ||
* [[Ryan Sinclair]] | * [[Ryan Sinclair]] | ||
* [[Seventh Doctor]] | |||
* [[Squeak|Chantelle]] | * [[Squeak|Chantelle]] | ||
* [[Will Buckland]] | * [[Will Buckland]] | ||
* [[Halogi-Kari]] | |||
* [[Justine (At Childhood's End)|Justine]] | * [[Justine (At Childhood's End)|Justine]] | ||
* [[Kim Fortune]] | * [[Kim Fortune]] | ||
* [[Sanaul]] | * [[Sanaul]] | ||
* [[Sam O'Connor]] | |||
* [[Squidget]] | |||
* [[Kerry Eldon]] | * [[Kerry Eldon]] | ||
* [[Andrew Eldon]] | * [[Andrew Eldon]] | ||
* [[Tracey Eldon]] | * [[Tracey Eldon]] | ||
* [[Sorin (At Childhood's End)|Sorin]] | * [[Sorin (At Childhood's End)|Sorin]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Aquillon]] | ||
* [[Masst]] | |||
* [[Elkon]] | |||
* [[Wraith Queen]] | |||
=== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] recognises [[Squeak|Chantelle]] from ''[[Alien Bike Riders]]''. | === Culture === | ||
* [[Justine (At Childhood's End)|Justine]] feels like Dorothy in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''. | |||
* [[Ryan Sinclair|Ryan]] recognises [[Squeak|Chantelle]] from ''[[Checkout Girls vs Sea Monsters]]'' and ''[[Alien Bike Riders]]''. | |||
* [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]] recognises Chantelle from ''[[EastEnders]].'' | * [[Graham O'Brien|Graham]] recognises Chantelle from ''[[EastEnders]].'' | ||
* Graham compares [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]] to [[Gene Hunt]]. | * Graham compares [[Yasmin Khan|Yaz]] to [[Gene Hunt]]. | ||
* Dorothy compares [[Will Buckland|Will's]] grin to a [[Cheshire Cat]]. | |||
=== Individuals === | |||
* Yaz mentions [[Aaron (Resolution)|Ryan's dad]]. | |||
* Ace re-experiences a memory of [[Audrey Dudman|her mother]]. | |||
* When he believes he is about to die, Graham thinks of being reunited with [[Grace O'Brien|Grace]]. | |||
* Halogi-Kari employed [[Crozier]] to augment the [[Ratt]]s' brains. | |||
=== Species === | |||
* The [[Ratt]]s can somewhat [[shapeshifter|shapeshift]] between small rat and [[humanoid]] forms. | |||
* The [[Astingir]] are similar to [[centaur]]s, but with small horse heads upon the human torso. [[Masst]] is unfamiliar with what a [[horse]] is. | |||
* The Doctor identifies Halogi-Kari as a [[Harbinger]], a "very rare and very powerful" race. | |||
=== Technology === | |||
* Chantelle calls the Doctor's [[sonic screwdriver]] 'a magic wand'. | |||
* Ace owns two [[Honda]] Fireblade motorcycles. | |||
* The [[Wraith (At Childhood's End)|Wraiths]] were imprisoned in the [[Quantum Anvil]], fracturing them into their possible futures. | |||
* Ace is familiar with other bio-mechanical technology used by the [[Dragon (biomechanoid)|Dragon]] on [[Iceworld]], [[Zygon]]s, and [[Axos]]. | |||
=== The TARDIS === | === The TARDIS === | ||
* Ace | * Ace reminisces on the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]]' old [[TARDIS control room|control room]]. | ||
=== Places === | |||
* [[Squeak|Chantelle]] used to model clothes for [[Henrik's]]. | |||
* [[China]] intends to launch a rocket to investigate the Wraith ship in lunar orbit. | |||
* [[Obsidian Four]] is relatively near the [[Astingir Herdworld]]. | |||
* The [[Hondopel Peace Corps]] are based on the planet [[Hondopel]]. | |||
* [[Peerie Canto]] is in a [[triple star system]]. | |||
=== Organisations === | === Organisations === | ||
* Various people recognise Ace from her charity, | * Ace built the headquarters for [[A Charitable Earth]] next to the [[Tower of London]] so that she could keep an eye on [[UNIT]]. | ||
* Ace was supposed to go to a meeting with the [[World Ecology Bureau]]. | |||
* Various people recognise Ace from her charity, A Charitable Earth. | |||
* Ace tells the Doctor she'd taken the money that would later be used to start her charity from her after an incident involving the [[Cybermen]]. | * Ace tells the Doctor she'd taken the money that would later be used to start her charity from her after an incident involving the [[Cybermen]]. | ||
* Halogi-Kari was detained by the [[Shadow Proclamation]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[ | * The story indicates that Chantelle had appeared on the show ''[[EastEnders]]'' at some point. Incidentally, Chantelle's original actress in ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'', [[Adele Silva]], acted in the show herself in 1991. Silva's path of becoming a model when grown up is also mirrored in Chantelle. | ||
* | * The novel acknowledges the many divergent portrayals of [[Ace's timeline]] in ''Doctor Who'' expanded media as visions that Ace experienced during her encounter with the Quantum Anvil during her youth; however, the novel's depiction of her departure from the TARDIS differs from all of them, creating yet another account of her future following her original television appearances (though not inherently contradictory, given suggestions in other narratives of tampering in Ace's timeline or alterations to her personal memories). | ||
* The novel's events would ultimately be ignored by [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'', which depicts Ace appearing to meet the Thirteenth Doctor and Graham for the first time in different circumstances. Though it is common for televised ''Doctor Who'' to ultimately contradict events that other media have depicted, it is notable for the show revisiting a specific plotline (Ace meeting the the Thirteenth Doctor and confronting the circumstances of her departure) of a relatively recent and high-profile publication. | |||
** The two works do share similarities on their depiction of Ace: Both works depict Ace's departure as a result of a falling out with the Seventh Doctor, and both also depict Ace as owning a new baseball bat capable of enhanced damage capabilities. Both works also remain in compatibility with [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Quantum of Axos (audio story)|Quantum of Axos]]'' (released a month prior to ''The Power of the Doctor''), where Ace has already met and made amends with a future (implied to be female) Doctor when she encounters the [[Tenth Doctor]]. | |||
** The novel is also mentioned in a BBC America article titled, "[https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/13-of-the-deepest-cuts-of-wonderful-fan-service-in-the-power-of-the-doctor--1060316 13 OF THE DEEPEST CUTS OF WONDERFUL FAN SERVICE IN ‘THE POWER OF THE DOCTOR’]" released only a couple of days after the original broadcast of [[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of The Doctor]]. The article mentions how the novel depicts the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s Fallout with Ace and how it "oddly suggests" that [[Ace]] has met the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and [[Team TARDIS]] before. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[Team TARDIS]] know that the Doctor used to be a man. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') | * [[Team TARDIS]] know that the Doctor used to be a man. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') | ||
* Ace is concerned that the [[Torchwood Institute]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]''), [[UNIT]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') or the [[Intrusion Counter-Measures Group]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') would be after her technology. | * Ace is concerned that the [[Torchwood Institute]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]''), [[UNIT]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'') or the [[Intrusion Counter-Measures Group]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') would be after her technology. | ||
* The Tower of London used to be [[ | * The Tower of London used to be [[UNIT]]'s UK headquarters ([[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'', ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Zygon Invasion (TV story)|The Zygon Invasion]]'' / ''[[The Zygon Inversion (TV story)|The Zygon Inversion]]'') but has now been axed by the government. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'') A Charitable Earth's headquarters are established opposite the Tower. | ||
* Ace refers to meeting the [[Cybermen]] during | * Ace refers to meeting the [[Cybermen]] during the [[the Blitz|Blitz]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Illegal Alien]]'') | ||
* [[Devesham]] is home to the [[Space Defence Station]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'') | * [[Devesham]] is home to the [[Space Defence Station]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'') | ||
* Ace recalls liberating [[Terra Alpha]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]'') and [[Segonax]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'') | * Ace recalls liberating [[Terra Alpha]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]'') and [[Segonax]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'') | ||
* Ace remembers being taken by a time-storm by [[Fenric]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') | * Ace remembers being taken by a time-storm by [[Fenric]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'', ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'') | ||
* To convince Ace that she is the Doctor, the Thirteenth Doctor mentions [[Dalek | * To convince Ace that she is the Doctor, the Thirteenth Doctor mentions [[Dalek]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') and how Ace hates [[clown]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]'') | ||
* The [[Seventh Doctor]] had some [[everlasting match]]es ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'') | * The [[Seventh Doctor]] had some [[everlasting match]]es ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'') | ||
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] had previously shown awareness of Ace's charity work ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') | * [[Sarah Jane Smith]] had previously shown awareness of Ace's charity work. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') | ||
* Yaz recalls [[Aaron (Resolution)|Ryan's father]] defeating a [[Dalek]] with a microwave. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'') | * Yaz recalls [[Aaron (Resolution)|Ryan's father]] defeating a [[Dalek]] with a microwave. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'') | ||
* Ace previously met someone called [[Justine Wheaton|Justine]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]], [[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'') | * Ace previously met someone called [[Justine Wheaton|Justine]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]], [[Warlock (novel)|Warlock]]'') | ||
* Chantelle eventually died in the early 21st century due to her weakened immune system being caused by severe pollution. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'') | * According to another account, Chantelle eventually died in the early 21st century due to her weakened immune system being caused by severe pollution. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'') | ||
* Ace arrives on a planet/spaceship that happens to be made of flesh. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'') | * Ace arrives on a planet/spaceship that happens to be made of flesh. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'') | ||
* | * When Ace touches the Quantum Anvil, she sees possible futures showing her living on [[Gallifrey]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') a life where she and the Doctor travelled with [[Bernice Summerfield|a dark-haired woman]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]], [[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]-[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'') and [[Robin Yeadon|flirted]] [[Jan Rydd|with a]] [[Hex|young man]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'', ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Harvest (audio story)|The Harvest]]''), killing a [[Dalek]] while the explosion reflected in her black sunglasses ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Deceit (novel)|Deceit]]'', et. al), a life where she lived with an ancestor of [[Sorin]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Set Piece (novel)|Set Piece]]'') and got killed in a Nitro-Nine Explosion, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Ground Zero (comic story)|Ground Zero]]'') and a life where she grew old travelling with the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Signs and Wonders (audio story)|Signs and Wonders]]'') | ||
* Chantelle recalls meeting the Seventh Doctor as a child. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'') | |||
* The Doctor remembers battling [[Morbius]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The'' ''Brain'' ''of'' ''Morbius]]'') | |||
* The ''[[Virgil (spacecraft)|Virgil]]'' is the successor of the ill-fated [[XK-5 space freighter|XK-5 Space Freighter]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]'') | |||
== Audiobook == | |||
[[File:At Childhood's End audiobook.jpg|thumb|Audiobook cover.]] | |||
This novel was released as an audiobook on [[6 February (releases)|6 February]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] complete and unabridged by [[BBC Audio]] and read by [[Sophie Aldred]]. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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* {{penguin|1119803/doctor-who--at-childhoods-end/9781529126846.html|At Childhood's End audiobook}} | * {{penguin|1119803/doctor-who--at-childhoods-end/9781529126846.html|At Childhood's End audiobook}} | ||
* Penguin Books's official podcast [https://soundcloud.com/penguin-books/the-penguin-podcast-sophie-aldred-with-katy-brand Sophie Aldred with Katy Brand] interview about the book | * Penguin Books's official podcast [https://soundcloud.com/penguin-books/the-penguin-podcast-sophie-aldred-with-katy-brand Sophie Aldred with Katy Brand] interview about the book | ||
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